Arroyo Chico winds its way through the lower right side. Walgreen Drugs, 33 E. Congress St. Tucson, in May, 1956. Major construction projects are inching closer to offering Tucsonans smoother and quicker rides around town. Lemmon at 5,400 feet elevation on Feb. 18, 1967. Subsidence at the mine in San Manuel, ca. Score! . The business moved from 820 S. 6th Ave. Chevron and Quick Mart on the southeast corner of E. Broadway Blvd. Undated photo looking west on Broadway Road from the Santa Rita Hotel in Tucson. A snapshot of the downtown Tucson in its original form in 1966, probably weeks away from the demolition of the first of hundreds of homes and businesses to make way for the Tucson Convention Center and city-county building complex. Brad Palmer, left, and Dewey Bunnell of America played at Centennial Hall Oct. 21, 1987. Presleys death was confirmed by her mother, Priscilla, who called her daughter "the most passionate, strong and loving woman I have ever known. Presley, the only child of Elvis and Priscilla Presley, shared her fathers brooding charisma. Developer Lew McGinnis bought all but two of the homes by 1980. The Fox Theatre in downtown Tucson buildings taken June 1965. The Platters let to right, Bernette Murphy, Ricky Lane, Dexter Dickerson and Bill Williams performed at the Doubletree Inn March 18, 1977. Also note the long wooden freight loading structure wooden water tower, long-since demolished. Def Leppard played at the Tucson Convention Center Dec. 26, 1992. Keep reading with a digital access subscription. You have permission to edit this collection. Keep reading with a digital access subscription. The large buildings along the railroad tracks were demolished to make way for the Aviation Parkway. I had a route that ran from First Street to 10th Street between Tucson Boulevard and Country Club. Neil Young performed at the Tucson Convention Center Nov. 13, 1986. Spanish Trail winds through the center of this aerial photo of Tucson's eastside in 1970. It was one of the first buildings on Stone Ave. to be constructed after World War II. Reversible lanes (also known as "suicide lanes") on East Speedway Boulevard in Tucson in 1989. Rick Wiley is the photo editor of the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson. Search the online archives of the Tucson Citizen for free. The annual Tucson Desert Song Festival opens Jan. 18 and has a spring session in March. TPD said the Sky Patrol had initiated 25 arrests and assisted with 43 other arrests since the start of the program in May, 1972. The newly aligned South Main Ave swerved its way along a barren stretch of landscape on May 9, 1969. Photos: Grab bag of archive photos from the Arizona Daily Star, Photos: The Sosa-Carrillo House and urban redevelopment in Tucson, Photos: Tucson homes designed by famous architect Josias Joesler, A look at what life was like in Tucson in the early 1970s, Photos: Legendary rock band Led Zeppelin in Tucson, 1972, Look back: Here's what downtown Tucson once looked like, January time machine: Historical headlines, Photos: Tucson shopping in the 1950s, 60s, 70s, 80s. Wikipedia gives credit for the stravenue to Mr. OPINION: Recalling happy times as a boy in Tucson, writer James Cohen remembers the Fox Theatre serials, a vacant dirt lot for a ball field and Sam Hughes neighborhood before parts were razed for McKale Center. Our records indicate the name is only found in Tucson, Arizona, said Roy Betts, national spokesman for the Postal Service. From 1995-2004, he was director of photography at the East Valley Tribune in Mesa. looking east from County Club Road, Tucson, in 1950. Mike D. of the Beastie Boys thrilled the audience of 2,430 at Sunday's Concert. Aaronson Brothers Apparel Store at Congress and 6th Ave. Now the Chicago Store. and S. Plumer Ave., in Tucson, Ariz. on January 23, 2020. No, the concert wasn't in Tucson, but we included them anyway. This a photograph of the Chicago Store on Congress and Sixth Avenue looking west. Downtown Tucson and the barren Catalina Foothills in 1958. Tucson Citizen - The Voice of Tucson The Citizen ended its print edition in 2009, then became an online compendium for blogs until February 2014. 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Former Tucson Citizen editors and publishers again share their opinions Changing face of Tucson. 1960s. Major local clients included the University of Arizona, several public school districts, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base and Hughes Aircraft Company. The caption on the photo reads, "Today, the University (of Arizona) has more buildings than vacant land." Many of the buildings no longer exist. If you like photos that explore Tucson's past, you can see more each week by subscribing to our history newsletter:http://tucne.ws/time. Tile With Style, 4545 E. Speedway Blvd., in Tucson, Ariz. on January 23, 2020. 5 Michael j. Keegan of it. Photos by YONI POZNER/Tucson Citizen PHOTO ONE: Kathy Pashos, 45, relaxes with her daughter's cat, Gremlin, in her home. Speedway Blvd. Spanish Trail winds through the center of this aerial photo of Tucson's eastside in 1970. Egg prices about to go up a bit more in Arizona due to new rules, Hold on teeny tiny freshwater jellyfish have been spotted in Sabino Canyon (?! Brian Wilson, Al Jardine and Mike Love do their stuff on stage at the University of Arizona's McKale Center April 24, 1978. Unless the developer had some pet names in mind, he left it up to the engineering firm to come up with the street names, he said. Now a local historian and preservationist thinks he knows where the name came from. The famous lunch counter had seating for 53 and a stand-up sandwich bar. Some of the most beneficial reasons to look into Tucson Citizen local obituaries include: Uncover the branches of your family tree. Definitely not a safe place to walk: Park Avenue at the Southern Pacific RR tracks in 1952, looking north into the Lost Barrio in Tucson. Terence Blanchard, Matthew Whitaker and two-time Grammy-nominated young vocalist Samara Joy among 100-plus jazz artists descending on Tucson for 10-day festival. <p>If you're headed to Tucson, for the gem shows later this month, be sure to ask questions about the provenance of the stones you're buying, says Monica Stephenson (pictured), founder of Anza Gems. Formerly Montgomery Ward Store. Additional classes may be scheduled based on the number of applicants. The apparent source for that historical nugget is a reader comment posted beneath an Arizona Daily Star story from 2008, which is pretty thin gravy, even for an online encyclopedia. Alameda Street and North Stone Avenue in Tucson looking south from the roof of the county building at 200 N Stone on Thursday, November 7, 2013. Rod Stewart credited Beck with bringing him and Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood to the U.S. and that they never looked back after that. Information for many of the photos was handwritten on the back of the prints or taken from stories in both newspapers. The Westerner Hotel, which opened in 1949, on the southeast corner of Stone Ave and Broadway Road in 1965. It was named State Route 84A, and connected Benson Highway (US 80) with the Casa Grande Highway (US 84). Kress & Co. building at 97 E Congress St was to be renovated and to take on a new appearance after local investors wanted to remodel the structure. 1970s. Downtown Tucson buildings on S. Stone taken June 1965 from the East side of the street, looking North. Downtown Tucson (at left) from "A" Mountain in January, 1953. North of the Tucson city limits in 1946. It was completely demolished in 1968. She was 54. If you like photos that explore Tucson's past, you can see more each week by subscribing to our history newsletter:http://tucne.ws/time. Tucson Mall construction well-underway in 1981. Grant Road, looking west at Campbell Ave. in 1966. Get this Tucson Daily Citizen page for free from Friday, September 30, 1960 z-Lawson Vows Recited TUCSON DAILY CITIZEN PAGE 21 Now on a wedding trip to Northern Arizona are Mr. and Mrs. Albert . ARCHIVE PHOTO --- Downtown Tucson buildings taken June 1965. Congress Street, looking west from 4th Avenue, Tucson, ca. (Click on the image for a readable version.) Tucson's Rio Nuevo to ask state for more freedom to spend on projects, Photos: Old Main's renovation begins a now and then gallery, Court: Ex-AG Tom Horne can fight $1.2M campaign finance violation fine, Hue knew? From 1988-94 he was a photographer at the Tucson Citizen. Read 1901-1977 Tucson Citizen Newspaper Archives from Tucson, Arizona. 40+ aerial photos of Tucson from decades ago, Arizona Pioneer Historical Society library, 100 Tucson experiences for you to try this summer, Lulu Walker was Arizona teacher, principal, A Tucson legacy: Linda Ronstadt surprised by music hall renaming, Jesuits affiliated with Tumaccori Mission discovered, worked in many mines, Hold on teeny tiny freshwater jellyfish have been spotted in Sabino Canyon (?! Snow covers the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson, probably in February, 1966. Legendary performer Elvis Presley sang to a capacity crowd at Tucson Convention Center on Nov. 9, 1972. It felt like it was kind of in the blood.. The El Paso and Southwestern RR tracks are on the right side. The new Grant Road underpass at the Southern Pacific RR in December, 1962, as seen looking west on Grant Road east of the tracks and Interstate 10. Citing financial trouble, the Arizona Historical Society wants out of its operations agreements for the Fort Lowell Museum and the Downtown History Museum in Tucson. Tucson Daily Citizen newspaper was located in Tucson, Arizona. The Arizona Department of Transportation launched the newest contact-less service days before the expiration of the drivers license deferral period. He is a graduate of ASU (yes, that ASU). It was intended to replace the old Nogales Highway, then known as "Camino de la Muerte" or "Highway of Death," due to the number of fatal accidents (12 in 1967 alone). Grant Road is in the foreground. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. The plans for the building are to have commercial businesses on the ground level with office space in the upper floors. Taylor and Kool and the Gang performed at the Tucson Community Center May 10, 1987. The original city hall and county courthouse still stand, along with the original (and green) Presidio Park. 1940 Institute of Research and Diagnostic Clinic for the Desert Sanatorium, now known as Tucson Medical Center, in 1929.
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